Lunar eclipse

[noel]

Talking to a lady today, she'd had her kitchen ceiling ruined due to her leaking shower. Got the shower fixed and the ceiling, then the bath burst with a full load of water in it.
I'm just thankful for small problems at times.

[LDunlop76]

Eeeek! Fortunately our shower is downstairs, so there won't be a ceiling-coming-down issue for us. The moan is that a replacement shower tray tends to mean a replacement cubicle as well unless hubby can find one of the exact same dimensions.

[noel]

You should be able to Linda, they come in quite a range, I went for an acrylic resin tray which is very rigid and doesn't need the support that a fibre glass one does. Loads on the internet.

[LDunlop76]

He couldn't last time, Noel, so we had to replace the whole thing. And the one that has broken is an acrylic one, and he supported it with a flag stone underneath after a previous one cracked through flexing. But even with those precautions, this one has developed a crack. Maybe we shouldn't expect them to last more than half a dozen years? I will tell hubby to look online for one of the right size - he tends to go to B&Q cos when he's in the mood to fix something, it's gotta be done NOW!

[LDunlop76]

Looking for something else, I came across this website full of beautiful pictures of the March eclipse:
http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/gallery_03mar07.htm

And although there was lots of fantastic enlarged shots, I was particularly struck by the beauty of the British night sky in this one:
http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/03mar07c/Cooper4.jpg

[Spitfire]

Linda, What a fantastic photograph that is. One to be proud of I would have thought.

[noel]

I thought yours was excellent Jim. Got a tripod now so next time.......

[Spitfire]

Noel, As you know, a tripod is rule No.1. I rather fancy having a go at some night `mood` photography. (Got to find some way of filling in this retirement time [][]).
Here is a shot I took early one morning in the back garden. I was simply trying to capture all the vapour trails. The composition was an accidental fluke.

[LDunlop76]

That's beautiful, Jim. I've always loved looking at tree branches silhouetted against the sky.